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Why is there an additional "favicon.ico" HTTP request?

Using the code from this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9744961/514773

I've noticed that any time I enter: http://localhost:8080 into my browser the output result is:

http://localhost:8080/

http://localhost:8080/favicon.ico

Subsequent requests print the same thing. This to me looks like I am getting two requests for price of one. Is this normal? (This is not my desired behavior.)

Solution

  • Browsers automatically request the favicon.ico file by default when you issue a request for a web page. The favicon.ico file is the small icon that appears in the URL bar of your browser.